Christina Fay was convicted of 10 counts of animal cruelty, but her legal team says it will appeal. Fay, 59, is scheduled to be sentenced in 3rd Circuit Court within 30 days. Each charge is a Class A...

Snowmobiler injured while riding on Thornton golf course

THORNTON — A man was injured on a local golf course Sunday when the snowmobile he was operating hit a sand trap.

According to Campton-Thornton Fire-Rescue Chief Dan Defosses, a man (whose name was not released Sunday) was riding a snowmobile along railroad tracks on the corridor 11 trail, when he pulled off the trail and onto a section of the Owl’s Nest Golf Course.

Defosses said the man didn’t realize he was passing over a sand trap. The vehicle hit the trap, the machine briefly became airborne and the man was thrown.

Defosses said the man suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries. First responders placed the man on a toboggan and carried him out to a waiting ambulance. He was taken to Speare Hospital for treatment.